Alger Noon Whistle Lives Again!

[avadakedavra9500]

that is a model 5

[Z32spdstr]

whistle? thats no whistle thats a full blown functional siren.

[luis3826]

So cool! My town has one on top of the water tower that use to go off at noon and was loud just like this one. Now it only goes off whenever there's an emergency or something

[98bennyj]

The hill siren is still there, but its a shame seeing it ready to fall off for such an old siren. I mean, its not like we get many tornadoes,with most storms dodging us and whatnot...but still at least someone could take it if the borough decides to scrap it?

And sorry if anyone who reads this hates stories or doesnt care!

[98bennyj]

that guy needs to come to Milton PA to restore a federal siren JUST like that! There used to be 4;a south area siren,downtown siren (by the river) ,an uptown (literally,it's on a hill ) siren,and the fire station siren.However, the southern siren was washed away in the great flood of agnes in 1972, the fire siren was replaced by a modern one, and the downtown siren was scrapped when they made a new parking lot where one of the old schools used to be. *continued*

[worldchampion1986]

It would be so much better if it went on and off/high or low like some sirens do, because this is one of the loudest sirens I've ever heard!

[mrdiesel96]

sweet! wish my town still did that, remember back in about 90' when they sounded the sirens for the last time

[MechaRage]

Do you know where Alger Michigan is?

[taspence]

@MechaRage - Alger, MI is a couple hundred miles north of Detroit. I-75 runs right through it, and the Alger exit is 202. - - TASpence

[TheTrenter01]

what was wrong with the siren before you repaired it

[minkyblack]

every town needs a siren! wish we had one.....but why do you call it a whistle?

[cybillify]

..he pretty colse? relief makes me blow a load

[neosho53059]

my town shoots theirs off every day and noon and Saturdays at 12 and at 12:30

[Tabby266]

SHINY!!!

[zappatx]

Is that stainless? Good looking unit there.

[RideFreestyleOhio]

i thought it would sound like the Montreal Canadians goal horn

[Branden2732]

is it a model 2?

[csx2295]

@Branden2732 its either a model 5 or 7.

[Branden2732]

@csx2295 k i wasn't shure, thanks

[csx2295]

@Branden2732 You are very welcome.

[Audinos]

I think that the term "noon whistle" came from the practice of mills and factories sounding their steam whistles at noon as a break signal for employees. In many towns, the whistle was also used for fires and emergencies. There are a few towns today, such as Coquille, Oregon, where the fire department blows an actual air or steam whistle at noon (Coquille also has a siren like this one).

[IronmanSM8]

Great Sounding Older Federal Model 5 ( I Love The Older Stuff)

[Branden2732]

@IronmanSM8 especailly the Thunderbolts!

[undisputedchamp1986]

for a tornado warning siren, you simply can't miss this siren"

[kvswim]

All the houses look the same.

[undisputedchamp1986]

Thats one of the loudest and best sirens I've ever heard"

[TrainSounds]

How far is this from Detroit?

[dougiedracula]

I WANT ONE!!!! :) but like the real old school air raid siren... that would be great at the top of my silo!!

[ass23ful]

yeah get i carter put it on your silo and at midnight use on fullblast lol

[Busdude97]

Thats an air raid siren. Not a whistle.

[akaDJMantis]

@Busdude97 "Noon wistle" refers to a sub-one-minute test of a siren (obviously occuring at noon), not the siren itself. Sometimes it's more accurately referred to as a noon blast.

[Busdude97]

@akaDJMantis Oh I see. Cool.

[MaxxFordham]

@Busdude97

I wouldn't say they guaranteed it to have been used for air raids, so you can't just automatically call a siren like this an air-raid siren. But if it was used for air raids, then it's an air-raid siren.

[MaxxFordham]

@Busdude97

Yeah, right. No you didn't, you're just being lamely sarcastic. My point was that it's a term that you and some others have overused.

[HardDriveGuru]

Kudos to Tom Spencer! The siren sounds very healthy.

[K1JWM]

Sounds good!

[cookiewink62]

That sound takes me back to my childhood. Ever Saturday at noon the air raid siren go off for about 30min. and it would let us know it was time to go home for lunch.

[soccerdude7330]

30 minutes? You mean 30 seconds?

[ishallkillall]

Siren: I. liiive AGAINN!

:D

[ishallkillall]

thw whistle broke or something

[zerosoma33]

incredibly loud siren. what a great siren for a small town. you only need one! clear too

[KSE828]

Looks a bit like a FS Model 5, except more pointy.

[soccerdude7330]

It is a Federal Model 5

[utubeguy35]

Yep its a Federal Signal Model 5!!!! (sounds like its from 1979-1989)

[Corkoth55]

i have one in my town too. i hate that frikin thing

[SirenSynthsInc]

She has about another seven to Ten years on her! Sonds Nice and Healthy.

[armorsecsys]

Sounds alittle to long to be a noon Whistle.. They normally dont go that long..

[bait28]

i want to live there. lolz

[steamboy51]

no Im sorry not an ACA, it sounds just like an STH-10 is what it is.

[steamboy51]

haha nice

why does that sound so much like an ACA siren I heard somewhere before?

[Semitruckman101]

Are sirens in wisconsin where i live they go off every wensday at noon

[talatsmum]

so it goes off at noon everyday? god thats so damn awesome..

[brimstonefoxfur]

im glad they fixed it!

[TBolt1000T]

Is it 12 Port?

Or 10?

[crazywarriorman]

12 port

[Antipwnsurmum]

12 port

[BONDORULZ4]

Thats the exact siren we use but the thing runs for fuckin ever when we get a call!

[m173627]

Who calls it a whistle? A whistle is what a steam train or traffic cop uses.

This is a siren. It goes up and down.

[radioboy75]

This terminology "whistle" often carries over from towns where they used to blow a steam whistle for a time signal. The steam usually came from the coal-fired power plant that many towns had.

[Hinoiteam10]

That sounds close to the Thunderbolt 1000t in the biggining. It scares me....

[Antipwnsurmum]

It's single tone, how can it?

[Hinoiteam10]

lol

i dont know!

it just did!

[StevenShields29]

Wow, that's not annoying or anything.

[videomaster110]

2nd model 5 that i saw colored silver

[stock8068]

I love it it remides of of home. You don't get that in the big city.

[boywonder0319]

My hometown had a noon whistle which sounded just like this one. It was located in the attic of the county courthouse. It would blow every day at noon when I was growing up. You could actually set your clock by it. They did not use it for anything else, just the noon whistle. Sometime in the 90's, they replaced it with town-wide tornado sirens. They tornado sirens only blow when there's a tornado or other emergency. They do not blow at noon every day like the noon whistle used to do.

[achiever94]

noon blast? I guess they must alert the whole town that its lunch time. whatever happened to the bell and some old lady yelling SOUPS ON!! COME AND GET IT WHILE IT'S HOT!

[bernybae1971]

OMG! I'm in love!!!

[m173627]

If only it was with a girl...

[punkrockporkchop]

That is a beautiful sounding model 5! I'd have to say they are by far my favorite to hear. we have one here in Ritzville that does a noon test every day. makes me smile every time.

[TheJmaster06]

I love them siren noises. We have one in our Town. Every 12:00 at noon. It also does general emergencies. and U can program it to go off continuously for a tornado warning!!

[flyrock45]

I was expecting a whistling noise and steam or something along that line.

[sizzlin321]

yep a model 5

[beaman220]

Every day at noon? You'd see me out there trying to shove a steel rod in that thing in about a week after it coming back into service.

[taspence]

Most people here are working at noon, not playing with their Mercedes, so it's not really a problem. It goes off only for 10 seconds. More or less a lunch time alert.

[beaman220]

Eh true. But 10 Sec isnt bad. It was kinda hard to think that thing goes into attack mode at 12 for 2 min everyday.

[federalsignal2t22]

@beaman220 usually its a test but it is annoying

[sddragon28]

@beaman220 then dont live in my county :p

they set off every whistle in the county( and a few surrounding countys) at 12 so you can even hear neighboring town's whistles

[EvanToTheFutureDude]

Great Sound! :)

[MaggotMan1234]

Geez! That thing's not a noon whistle, it's an air raid siren!

[command25]

@MaggotMan1234 i know my towns old noon whistle was nothing like this it was just quick honk this is ridiculous

[TboltHurricane]

@MaggotMan1234 - Duh. . .

[DeJiKo06]

This baby's LOUD!!!!

[fuzzywindjammer]

Shit, dude, put that opening wall of text in the video description.

[04smallmj]

I skipped most of it

[mcwario13]

I think that's a model 5.

[fireenginebuff]

You are correct it is a Model 5.

[supergum1295]

Why would they put a whistle 4 evrey time that is noon?

[biggulp2000]

it's great to see people still care for cold war era sirens

[PivotFileProductions]

yep. And we all love em!

[computerTube3000]

Wow! She ran in the 1900's and she sounds very very new!! Im so glad the use that siren again!

[boilerbasturd]

The mainstay siren of many small town fire stations, signalling morning, noon and evening soundings. We could hear ours on the farm, 4 miles away.

[voiceonthehill]

Someone give that man a raise for his great repair of this great siren!!!

[computerTube3000]

agreed.

[firebird34]

sweet sound comeign from that siren

[soccerdude7330]

Well then! Nice work man!

Sounds great. I love the sound of it.

[Sirenssneris]

Noon whistle? Ive heard that term many times, but never figured it out.

So on every day at noon, this blares?

[stupullen]

It's a test of the system at noon time ... WHISTLE comes from the early years of volunteer fire companies using a whistle, or bell for "dispatch" ... I hope that makes since.

[Sirenssneris]

It does, thank you.

[toletman456]

ya your right it means the siren is sound at noon evry day even on a chritsmas 360 days a year

[Wa3ypx]

what 5 days soesn't it blow?

[Coverdillem]

sounds A LOT like the federal signal 2001

[USRoute66]

Do they use this siren for fire call-outs, and tornado alerting?

[thecatyoukai]

duh its on a fire hoiuse

[DigitalEagleInc]

Boy that's a nice sounding unit, & boy what a long whistle.

[USRoute66]

This is a Federal Model 7.

[carexpertandy]

Do you happen to know this is a siren?

[flaznsoe]

It is a siren; it is a Federal Signal model 5 or model 7

[carexpertandy]

I knew that. Taspence wasn't calling it a sire.

[carexpertandy]

I knew that. Taspence wasn't calling it a sire.

[carexpertandy]

I knew that. Taspence wasn't calling it a sire.

[flaznsoe]

I see what you mean. I thought that you were asking whether or not this was a siren.

[carexpertandy]

I think it's Model 5.

[snootzie78]

It looks like the tin man from The Wizard of Oz.

[troshs]

thats what i was just about to say. it seems were on the same brainwave...just a day away.

[MaxxFordham]

Whow, what an ominous warning sound just for telling someone that "NOON IS HERE NOW!" What overkill! Why such noise just for noting noon's arrival?

Geeze, if that were in my town, then every time noon arrived, I might think there was some kind of emergency was happening...until I looked at my watch and noticed that it was... oh, just 12:00!

[ChayD]

@MaxxFordham I agree, why not just a clock chime like most people have :)

[MaxxFordham]

@ChayD

Yeah, that'd be better, huh?

But... "like most people have?" How about just... nothing? I've never been in a city that I knew had *anything* to shout "NOON" out to the world. Nor do I even think it's necessary. What point is there to that, even if it's to say "LUNCH TIME!" especially when different companies have different times for their lunch times? Seems dumb to have anything like a community noon whistle of any kind, to me.

[dddgggddgg]

play the star wars theme

[HotRodLincoln1991]

Good job 'T', It sounds Great!!!!

Thanks U. D

[Flyingdutchman009]

does this go off 4 fire calls?

[taspence]

Not anymore - that is actually our old fire department. We have a modern facility around the corner from the old department in the video. We are paged for all fires now through our central dispatch, without the whistle. There are two buttons aside from the timer - TWS for Tornado Warning System and a button for fire, each set the relays into different cycles.

[dumbbuff]

jesus, that musta pissed off alot of people at midnight

[taspence]

Well, our Christmas card count wasn't what it was last year!

[idigghx]

Our fire whistle used to piss people off by the dozens. But, the way I figured it. If the firemen are getting up at 3am, you should be up too.. Someone has to make the coffee. lolz

[walid266]

can somone explain why a whsitle and why noon i am very intrested?? thanks

[Siren1000T]

Cool. It kinda sounded like a very low pitch 2001.

[gump747]

thats because the 2001 uses the same rotor as the Model 5/7/2 etc

[Siren1000T]

I see.

[CoolBalla15]

Sweet!

[taspence]

You're right! My dad and I figured out that day that the timer was junk. Once it hit noon, it stuck on, and wouldn't shut off. With the Township Boards approval, we bought a new Intermatic ET70115C timer, and today (11-3-07) the whistle went off all by itself. I have it set to 10 seconds. The new digital timer is much better since we can set it not to go off on Christmas and other major holidays if they fall on weekdays. It's set not to go off on Sunday as well, only Monday thru Saturday.

[Audinos]

That's a long noon blast -- 30 seconds.